Broadleaved woodland near Lower Arthurs
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.53963, -2.00464
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 110m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 110m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 45 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Oldham LinkWalking route▾
Shaws Lanepublic footpath · 223 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 223 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
Bankside Closepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Delph Donkey LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saddleworth LinearCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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The Pennine Bridleway near Lower Arthurs
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
27,758 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,758 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Robin · Great Tit +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Asteia amoena · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Marmalade Hoverfly +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Asteia amoenaAsteia amoena
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Tree Bumblebee
Bank Haircap · Snowberry
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,758 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Robin · Great Tit +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Asteia amoena · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Marmalade Hoverfly +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Asteia amoenaAsteia amoena
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Tree Bumblebee
Bank Haircap · Snowberry
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus hypnorum
Bombus hypnorum
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleNebriaNebria2025NebriaNebria2025LeistusLeistus2025LeistusLeistus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025SimuliumSimulium2025SimuliumSimulium2025Cinara (Cinara) pineaCinara (Cinara) pinea2025Cinara (Cinara) pineaCinara (Cinara) pinea2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Neoleria propinquaNeoleria propinqua2025Neoleria propinquaNeoleria propinqua2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025